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Grill Fish Cafe Comes Up Timid
Adam Erace was excited to try Benny Lai’s Grill Fish Cafe in West Philadelphia but he found the whole experience to be just too tame. The […]
LaBan Review Finds Flaws at Birra
Craig LaBan likes the concept of East Passyunk pizzeria and beer bar Birra, but his review highlights problems with poor execution and flawed recipes. The […]
Highlights and Missteps at Pickled Heron
Leah Blewett does experience some excellent dishes at Fishtown’s BYOB, Pickled Heron. Unfortunately there are also some stumbles. Seared scallops are tender clouds drifting on […]
Two Bells for Pickled Heron on Frankford Avenue
Craig LaBan finds enough to like from do-it-yourselfers Daniela D’Ambrosio and Todd Braley in his review of Pickled Heron on Frankford Avenue. Both trained at […]
Vedge Bridges Gap Between Omnivores and Vegans
Brian Freedman is the latest critic to heap praise on Rich Landau’s vegan restaurant, Vedge. Richard Landau’s and Kate Jacoby’s Vedge, which resides in the […]
Beer, Hog’s Knuckles And Wieners By The Meter at Brauhaus Schmitz
It might have taken awhile for the critic to get to Brauhaus Schmitz. Now the only question is how we’re going to get him to […]
Heirloom Faces Some Challenges in Farm-to-Table Market
Heirloom faces some challenges defining itself and being true to its farm-to-table descriptor. But Trey Popp finds that you can have a good meal at […]
High Praise for Vedge
Trey Popp piles on the praise for Rich Landau’s Vedge, the vegan restaurant that thrills vegans, omnivores and oenophiles alike. In my first meal—one of […]
Lemon Hill Upgrades the Corner Pub
Adam Erace enjoys the precise cooking of Mitch Prensky at Lemon Hill but he also has praise for another hand in the kitchen of the […]
More Praise for Ela
Brian Freedman is the latest to heap praise on Jason Cichonski and his Queen Village restaurant, Ela. Only thing different is that Freedman was not […]
Stateside Receives Enthusiastic Two Bell Review
George Sabatino and Stateside on East Passyunk get a praise-filled two bell review from Craig LaBan. Whether Sabatino can more than double his kitchen’s already labor-intensive […]
Loco Pez Review Finds Tacos, Drinks and a Hot Dog to Like
Brian Freedman hangs out wit the cool kids at Fishtown’s Loco Pez, where he finds “a bar with a sense of inclusion, humor … and […]
Route 6 Gets One Bell Review
Craig LaBan reviews Route 6, Stephen Starr’s East Coast seafood restaurant and takes it to task for not being enough of a Philadelphia fish house […]
Around the Web: Le Virtu Preferred, Duck Eggs and Bargain Banh Mi
Of Osteria, Amis and Le Virtu, Mac & Cheese prefers Le Virtu. [Mac & Cheese] After reading Rick Nichols’ account of the duck eggs from Paul […]